[mythtv-users] Seagate confirms problems with 1.5TB Barracuda drives

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/12/2008 12:41 PM, Carl Fongheiser wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Yan Seiner wrote:
>   
>> Also, how do I check the firmware version on these drives?
>>     
> It's normally printed during the boot process, as the system is
> scanning for drives.  For example:
>
> ata4.00: ATA-8: WDC WD5000AACS-00ZUB0, 01.01B01, max UDMA/133
>
> In this case, the firmware version is "01.01B01".
>
> If you can't find that in a log file somewhere, smartctl from the
> smartmontools package can display the firmware version, assuming it
> will work in your configuration.

And it's printed on the label on top of the Seagate drives.

Mike